Income of a baronetcy in regency england?

Question

In victorian/regency england, approximately how much money did a baronet possess? This is of course including the stately home and all that jazz. Like what would have been considered a good sum? I've seen it vary from £5-15,000 a year, but what would be the utmost amount a baronet was likely to have?

And how much would a baronets daughter be given towards their marriage for example?

Answer 1

Impossible to answer as there was no fixed amount. Being a baronet didn't automatically entitle you to income, to a stately home. etc. You could be as rich as Croesus or bankrupt (and lots were because of gambling debts). A baronetcy is the lowest of the inheritable titles. A father or grandfather or remoter ancestor may have been given the title because of some service to the Crown (money given to James I who introduced the rank to raise money) and by Regency England the family fallen on very hard times.

Later: An income of £1000 a year would be thought to be adequate. Lots of titled people lived cheaply by buying supplies on credit and never, or only very rarely, paying their tradesmen.